"As holiday music played inside and customers sipped coffee at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery at 61 Ninth Ave., striking workers picketed outside, chanting and carrying signs saying, No contract, no coffee, They make billions. We make beans, and What's outrageous? Starbucks wages. The baristas, whom Starbucks calls partners, sought to attract attention to an ongoing strike that started nearly 40 days ago."
"They are operating with borrowed partners, Morgan Pagan, a Bronx resident and striking shift supervisor who has worked for Starbucks for seven years, said of some stores. That means they are essentially sourcing partners from other stores in the district to fill the coverage of baristas on strike. Kai Fritz, a barista at 8973 Bay Parkway in South Brooklyn, said her store is operating with workers and managers from other stores. My entire team is on strike."
Unionized Starbucks workers initiated an unfair labor practice strike beginning Nov. 13, calling it the Red Cup Rebellion, and more than 1,000 workers remain on strike. Over 170 unresolved labor complaints are pending before the National Labor Relations Board. Strikers picketed outside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Ninth Avenue on Christmas Eve, chanting and carrying signs demanding a contract and higher wages. Some stores are operating with 'borrowed partners'—employees and managers shifted from other locations—to cover striking staff. Strikers allege historic union-busting and say Starbucks has failed to present new contract proposals for six months.
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